Mr. SponsorPants

it really does

 

 

The

painful part

is not that you fear people might be

thinking negative, critical things about you.

The

painful part

is that you fear they might be right.

 

Let it go.

Sobriety is a gift

we work to keep and we are privileged to pass along.

It ultimately does not matter what self-criticisms and self-loathing and self, self, self, self we are tangled in.

All that self obsession will eventually

evaporate in the sunlight of the spirit

of service

and sobriety.

 

Don't take yourself so seriously.

It works.

It really does.

 

 

a practical element in the application of Steps 6 & 7

 

 

 

Although in Step 7 I ask God (as I understand God) to "remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness [to God] and my fellows..." this does not mean I am passive in the process.  For me, I am a partner with the Divine in creating these changes.

a question of degrees

 

In any given day ...

 

the degree of my comfortability is in direct relation to both my acceptance and my willingness

 

the degree of my happiness is in direct proportion to the depth of my gratitude

 

the degree of my sense of purpose in the world is linked directly to my level of service

 

and the degree of my recovery is completely dependant upon my honesty, my connection to other recovering alcoholics and the vibrancy of my spiritual life.

 

 

 

you only have to get through one day sober. this day. that's it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the super fun, brilliant site "I Love Charts"

 

 

 

AA makes the red part really, really big, so that the orange part grows too.

(And remember, it's easier to feel like it's going to be okay if you stay.)

xo

Mr. SP

 

great miracles

 

 

 

you deserve

 

 

 

 

 

beautiful and terrible

 

 

Well... try not to be, anyway.

And when you are... try to reach out

to other people

and to God.

And if you don't have a God to reach out to yet,

that's okay.

Just pretend for a little while.

The result might surprise you.

having it all

 

 

 

 

 

Alcoholic Amnesia

 

 

 

Alcoholic Amnesia:

When an alcoholic forgets everything

but their resentments.